#514E15#514E15

#514E15 is a dark, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.073; OKLCH L 41.5% C 0.076 H 106.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514E15
RGB	rgb(81, 78, 21)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 20%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.7%, 74.1%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.38, -6.66, 32.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.38, 33.32, 101.54°)
OKLab	oklab(41.47% -0.0214 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(41.47% 0.076 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(6.2533, 7.2525, 1.7798)
Luminance	0.0725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514E15 #151851

analogous

#513015 #514E15 #365115

triadic

#514E15 #15514E #4E1551

tetradic

#514E15 #155130 #151851 #511536

square

#514E15 #155130 #151851 #511536

split-complementary

#514E15 #153651 #301551

monochromatic

#181706 #201F08 #514E15 #827D22 #B2AC2E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.57

#514E15 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.45

#514E15 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514E15

8.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514E15	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514E15	1.00	8.57	2.45	8.57
#FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554B0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#564D19

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574843

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4C4C4C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514e15;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 78, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(41.5% 0.076 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#847f56',
    500: '#514e15',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514e15;
$custom-light: #847f56;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514e15",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 20
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41473,
    "c": 0.07619,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.07252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514E15

secondary

#393D89

accent

#4EE246

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0A03

muted

#7C7C78

Preview Lab

Preview with #514E15

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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